What I'm hoping to see here is your own opinions of the ______ show(s) of all times where you fill in the blank with {best}, {worst}, {favorites} or whatever you'd like.

We all know there are some shows that will live among the best loved of all times (M*A*S*H, Seinfeld, Friends, Lost, Firefly for some, etc.) but there's also been some shows that you might have thought were the absolute worst of all time even as some others might have actually liked those shows or disliked the shows you enjoyed.

So, fill in the blank and list a few of the shows that might be among the best you think you ever saw, or the worst you were ever exposed to (or think were ever produced if you never watched them).

Season 3 or 4 with Happy Fun Zombie Ball was NOT good TV. I couldn't even finish watching because it got so bad.

Ooooh, good choice, and reminds me of one that could be on the list.

You make me think of Heroes since I could pretty much just change the show title but say the same basic things about that show...

It started off so well in the beginning of its first season, but sadly it fell apart at the end of that season and seemingly never recovered. The first several episodes (roughly all but the last 2 or 3 of the first season) were really, really good. Those last 2 or 3 seemed to show that the writers/network couldn't figure out how to get out of the box they had originally put themselves in without doing something incredibly stupid and so, well, they just went with stupid and lazy.

with honorable mention to:
The West Wing, Battlestar Galactica (reboot), The Mary Tyler Moore Show, ER, Friends, MASH, I Love Lucy, Hill Street Blues, The Dick Van Dyke Show, the Sopranos, All in the Family, Moonlighting, the Cosby Show and Family Ties.

Most mediocre show that is going to appear on a crap ton of 'best' lists: Seinfeld.

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One of the best for me would have to be Deadwood. I'm still angry/upset that it never got the closure that was promised. Some might toss the show John From Cincinnati in as one of the all-time worst, but I suspect that might have something to do with the fact that JFC could be seen as a big part of the reason Deadwood remains unfinished.

Lori's choice of Buffy is a good one for an all-time best list. I was late to the party (started watching that during its last few seasons) but enjoyed it quite a bit and was blown away by the quality. That later led me to watching Firefly and that truly ranks up there for me.

Lori also listed Sports Night and that is another one that I could easily put on an all-time best list. Aaron Sorkin probably has a lot to do with that (but the cast was also very talented and seemed to all fit together incredibly well also, making it that much easier to enjoy). That later led me to the short-lived but still very good Studio 60.

WKRP in Cincinnati would be on my list of all-time best comedies, along with Married with Children. Both of those had some of the funniest TV programming I think I've ever encountered.

I'm working on what I might toss out as worst choices. Fear Factor would be up there, but I think the top of that list would find Jersey Shore somewhere close.

Hmm... I have a list of "best shows..." but if I had to pick a single one, it would have to be one that had a significant run (3 seasons or more) with very little fall-off in quality throughout the entire run of the show.

I think all of my best shows fail one of these two rules, though. Buffy had a significant fall-off during seasons 6 and 7; Sports Night was only two short seasons, as was Better Off Ted. Alias was excellent the first season and a half, then quality fell through the floor. Firefly was only a half season long. Veronica Mars comes closest, but the quality fell off a little during season 3. Star Trek: Deep Space Nine started off a little weak, but quickly became a solid series the rest of the way.

If I drop the rule that it had to be on the air for 3 seasons, I'd probably go with Better Off Ted for comedy, and Firefly for drama, and Firefly for overall best show.

Oh, yeah, worst? I'd have to give that one to "Torchwood: Miracle Day." A US spinoff series of a BBC show that ended up being an utter abject failure, and a complete destruction of what had been a rather cool little UK series. Bonus (negative) points because it was the total antithesis of "Children of Earth," which was arguably the strongest that the Torchwood franchise had ever been.

Not sure I agree with that. The first season was great, with the non-traditional storytelling method (Rashomon). But when it was renewed for S2, the network made them get rid of that "feature," and then it became clear that there wasn't much substance to the show outside of that storytelling gimmick. In S2, the show was pretty much just a standard law enforcement procedural.

Not sure I agree with that. The first season was great, with the non-traditional storytelling method (Rashomon). But when it was renewed for S2, the network made them get rid of that "feature," and then it became clear that there wasn't much substance to the show outside of that storytelling gimmick. In S2, the show was pretty much just a standard law enforcement procedural.

Right, made the show change its DNA. No respect for what made it great. It's not a "gimmick" if it's effective and compelling.

I will start with best comedies because for some reason that's easier than dramas. My top comedies are:

Arrested Development
Party Down
Better Off Ted
Parks & Recreation

Currently my favorite would probably be Party Down because I watched it so recently. That show was hysterical and I've enjoyed watching it a second time. But it has fluctuated between all four shows, the first three have in common very abbreviated seasons.

I think picking a favorite drama is hard, because if it is successful, it went on for a long time, and quality probably declined. Dramas I watched in the past include Buffy and The X-Files, which had troubled later years.

Currently, the best drama on TV is Justified and if it maintains, it might be my choice for best drama ever.

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I thought season 6 was a masterpiece compared to season 7. Season 7 was a letdown for me from beginning to end. A horribly conceived big bad, a hammy performance from Nathan Fillion, a promise of a "scrappy gang" and a "back to Sunnydale High" that seemed to vanish by episode 5 or 6, the Slayerettes who ended up being mainly an army of cardboard cutouts instead of legitimate characters, a dour feeling over the entire season... the failures run from beginning to end that season.

I thought season 6 was a masterpiece compared to season 7. Season 7 was a letdown for me from beginning to end. A horribly conceived big bad, a hammy performance from Nathan Fillion, a promise of a "scrappy gang" and a "back to Sunnydale High" that seemed to vanish by episode 5 or 6, the Slayerettes who ended up being mainly an army of cardboard cutouts instead of legitimate characters, a dour feeling over the entire season... the failures run from beginning to end that season.

S6 Buffy was so depressed and miserable that she could have been a character on The Killing.